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Philippines.ThesefriarscontrolledtheeducationalsysteminthePhilippinesandtheywereable
toowndifferentschoolscomprisingfromtheprimaryleveltothetertiarylevelsofeducation.
Thepeoplewhotookchargeinteaching,implementationoftherulesandregulationsandthe
monitoringofstudentswereassignedtothemissionariesduringthattime.Theteachingsofthe
Catholicreligionwereemphasizedtothelevelsofeducationintheschoolsownedbythefriars.
Intheprimarylevel,theyweretaughtoftheChristianDoctrines,howtoreadSpanishbooksand
alittleofthenative’slanguage.Intheuniversities,ScienceandMathematicswerenotveymuch
introducedtothestudents.InsteadofSpanish,studentsweretaughthowtospeakand
understandLatin.Discriminationduringtheearlytimeswasverymuchutilized.Thisisbecause
theschoolsbeforewereexclusiveonlyfortheSpaniards.Filipinoswereonlyabletoattend
schoolinthelate19thcentury.Someschoolsalsolimitedtheirlodgingtothesonsofwealthy
Filipinofamilies.FriarshardlydiscriminatedFilipinosbecauseeveniftheywereabletoenter
schoolandstudy,thefriarsbelievedthatFilipinoswouldnotstillbeabletomatchtheirskills
andtheywillonlylearnfastiftheywouldstrictlyimplementdisciplinaryactionsorthemeansof
applyingcorporalpunishment.Also,duringtheirtime,theschoolsforboysandgirlswere
separated.Schoolsfortheboyswerethefirstonesthatwereestablished.
2.InyourownwordstellsomethingaboutthelifeofRizalinEurope.
RizaltravelstoEuropejusttostudy,andasusualheexperiencetolivealoneandsurvive
hardshipandhomesickthroughbeingwithfriendsandfellowFilipinostudents.Hestudyin
Europetoobservethelives,cultures,lawsandgovernmentsofthecountriesinEurope,in
preparationforliberatingthePhilippinesfromspain'styrannicalrule.